It is reported that Yenakievo Iron and Steel Works, a steelmaking subsidiary of the Ukrainian mining and steel producing group Metinvest, plans to complete the construction of its new blast furnace No 3 by the middle of next year. The new BF No 3 is expected to be commissioned in July 2011 and will allow…
DetailsAccording to the source in the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers, in January to November Ukrainian metallurgical plants increased rebar export as compared with the same period of 2009 by 15.2 % to 2.227 million tons.Besides rebar, export volume in November fell by 1.4% to 196,300 tons as compared with October.In 11 months of 2010 wire…
DetailsAccording to preliminary data, in the first 11 months of 2010 the pipe producing subsidiaries of the Interpipe Corporation increased their steel pipe output by 55.7% YoY to 784,300 tons.Specifically, in January to November Interpipe NTRP registered a 46% increase in its steel pipe production to 328,900 tons, Interpipe NMPP saw its steel pipe output…
DetailsIt is reported that Ukrainian crude steel output in November registered a slight decrease with domestic steelmakers producing 2.85 million tons, down by 1.1% MoM. November performance was mainly driven by increased production of Ukraine’s largest mills, ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih and Metinvest’s two flagship mills, Azovstal and Yenakievo Iron and Steel Works, which expanded their…
DetailsIt is reported that Yenakievo Iron and Steel Works plans to commission the blast furnace 3 in July 2011, thereby increasing its pig iron output capacity from 2.5 million tons to 3.7 million tons per year. The company has incurred $40 million CAPEX in 2010 to achieve this goal together with converter workshop modernization and…
DetailsAccording to the Ukrainian association of metal producers Metallurgprom, in November Ukraine’s average daily pig iron output continued its positive trend, registering an increase of 2.12% or 1,600 tons, compared to October, to 77,100 tons.However, in the first six days of December the country average daily pig iron output decreased to 75,400 tons.According to Metallurgprom…
DetailsIt is reported that in November the Ukrainian steel industry kept its natural gas consumption almost unchanged compared to the previous month at 450 million cubic meters, with the average daily consumption of natural gas during the month totaling 15 million cubic meters – up from 14.7 million cubic meters in October.According to the Ukrainian…
DetailsAccording to Mr. Sergey Belenky, deputy minister of industrial policy of Ukraine, Ukrainian steelmaking companies plan to increase pig iron output by 4.8% to 28.5 million tons, steel smelting by 5.6% to 34 million tons and finished steel by 5.6% to 32 million tons in 2011.The expected production in 2010, according to the Ministry data,…
DetailsIt is reported that in October Ukraine’s flat steel product exports decreased by 9% MoM and by 13% YoY to 505,340 tons valued at about $323 million.Specifically, in October Ukraine’s exports of hot-rolled steel went down by 13% MoM to 406,590 tons, of which 73,270 tons were delivered to Poland, 56,930 tons were exported to…
DetailsIt is reported that in October Ukraine’s flat steel product imports were down by 5% MoM, but increased by 50% YoY to 72,170 tons valued at $79.16 million.In particular, Ukraine’s imports of hot-rolled steel in October went up by 54% MoM to 10,910 tons, its imports of cold-rolled steel went down by 40% MoM to…
DetailsFor 10 months of 2010 Metinvest-Ukraine, a wholesale distribution channel of Metinvest Steel and Rolled products division sales service, increased its shipments of steel products to CIS countries by 90%, up to 135,000 tons compared with 71,000 tons in the previous year.In 2010 Metinvest-Ukraine managed to have substantially increased the sales volume, shipments to Central…
DetailsAccording to the information, issued by the Ukrainian Ministry of Economy, in the current year up to December 1 Ukraine utilized 93.53% of its annual quota for rebar exports to Russia, supplying a total of 374,108 tons.As of November 1, Ukraine’s quota utilization rate for rebar exports to Russia had amounted to 93.01% or 372,028…
DetailsAccording to the information, issued by the Ukrainian Ministry of Economy, from October 1 to December 1 Russia and other countries utilized 81.9% of the new annual quota imposed by Ukraine for seamless steel casing and tubing imports with outside diameter up to 406.4 mm supplying a total of around 13,065 tons. The total quota…
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